Gurjit Singh India's new envoy to Germany

New Delhi: Senior diplomat Gurjit Singh has been appointed as India's Ambassador to Germany, succeeding Vijay Gokhale.Singh, a 1980-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently serving as India's Ambassador to Indonesia."He is expected to take

Before becoming the envoy to Indonesia, he was Additional Secretary in-charge of Africa at the Ministry of External Affairs here.

The bilateral ties between India and Germany are on an upswing and both sides have resolved to expand ties in a range of key areas including trade and defence during Chancellor Angela Merkel's three-day visit here earlier this month.